Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania

Issues: (1) Whether a litigant who is directly protected by
an administrative rule and has been allowed to
intervene to defend it lacks standing to appeal a decision invalidating the rule if the litigant is
also protected by an injunction from a different
court; and (2) whether the federal government lawfully exempted religious objectors from the regulatory
requirement to provide health plans that include contraceptive coverage.

Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-454 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.

Jan 17 2020

Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-431. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-431. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”

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On Friday, April 3, Justice Stephen Breyer spoke to students at the United Nations International School in New York City. The justice gave his talk remotely via video call, while self-quarantining at home in Massachusetts with his wife and daughter.